PARIS – The next theme of the Paris Public Library’s Reading Group will be “Famous Villains.”

The group, which meets at 7 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month at the library, reads classic and contemporary novels centered on a common theme.

The next three months will feature Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” April 29; “Perfume: the Story of a Murderer” by Patrick Suskind, May 27; and Bret Easton Ellis’ “American Psycho” on June 24.

Books are available at the library for participants. For more information, call the library at 743-6994 or e-mail [email protected].